Benefits of Meal Replacements
Published by admin on Tagged Meal ReplacementsThere are a few key benefits to using meal replacements.
Convenience: The absolute priority to meeting your goals in weight is consuming many different meals throughout the day. Not only that, you need to eat a balanced diet of foods — eggs, chicken, fruit, vegetables, etc. It’s virtually impossible to do this without meal replacement shakes or bars, unless you never leave the house.
Cost: Usually you can purchase these supplements in boxes of 20. Cost depends on the quality, brand, and formula contained in the supplements. You can expect to spend $30-$60 per box. This isn’t a lot considering lunch out at work costs from $5-$10, and that’s just a single meal during one day.
Increase Protein: Not only are meal replacements great for providing you a healthy balanced meal throughout the day on the go, but they work great as fat burners as well.
Benefits of Vitamin C
Published by admin on Tagged Vitamins & MineralsVitamin C is ascorbic acid and assists the body in it’s production of collagen. This the basic component of connective tissues and is an important element for your body. It helps to structurally keep in tact your blood vessel walls, gums, bones, and is especially critical for those recovering from wounds or surgery.
Vitamin C also helps your body by acting as an antioxidant, helping your body get rid of harmful molecules. It’s presence may help boost your immune system and protect against cancer, cataracts, and other chronic diseases.
Vitamin C can be bought as a supplement, or obtain from fruits, vegetables, or drinks. When bought as a supplements, it usually comes in the form of ascorbic acid, calcium ascorbate, sodium ascorbate, or some variation thereof. You can find vitamin c in orange juice, oranges, stawberries, tomatoes, broccoli, kiwi fruit, canaloupe, and sweet red peppers.
Larabar Energy Bar Review
Published by admin on Tagged Product ReviewsThis is a raw food energy bar. It contains simple ingredients, such as fruit, nuts, and a couple of spices. It doesn’t contain any dairy, sory, gluten, etc. The bar has an credible consistency and doesn’t have any coatings like chocolate, it’s easy to snap in half so you can save some for later, and it’s easy to chew. It’s a bar to eat on the run.
Larabar pros
Raw, natural ingredients
Comes with no added sugars or preservatives
Very portable, doesn’t crumble or melt
Appeals to vegans
The main con of Larabar is that it lacks many vitamins, so you must eat this with a balanced diet.
Flavors that Larabar comes in includes Cocoa Mole, Chocolate Cocunut, Apple Pie, Pecan Pie, Lemon Bar, Cashew Cookie, Ginger Snap, Cinnamon Roll, and Cherry Pie.
What Makes a Good Fish Oil Supplement?
Published by admin on Tagged Fish OilThere are loads of fish oil supplements to choose from. How do you know what makes up a good fish oil supplement? Here are a few pointers on what makes a really good fish oil supplement.
What makes a good fish oil supplement?
- All good fish oil supplements should contain high potency of DHA.
- Choose the supplements that are processed with molecular distillation to ensure that the products are pure and free from contaminants.
- Fish oil should not freeze. So if you put your fish oil in the freezer it’s generally a sign that it’s poor quality.
- Good fish oil capsules should only have a mild smell of fish. If your fish oil smell too fishy, chances are it’s poor quality.
- The fish oil should be in ester form. It should say on the package what form the fish oil is in.
- All good fish oil supplements will list the source of the fish oil. Good sources of fish oil include salmon, tuna, sardines and anchovies.
- Finally, your fish oil should be guaranteed to be 100% pure. That means no toxins, heavy metals or pesticides.
If you’re not eating fish 2-3 times a week you should be taking a fish oil supplement every day.
Health Supplements 101 Has Launched!
Published by admin on Tagged Fish Oil, Herbal Supplements, Meal Replacements, Natural Supplements, Product Reviews, Protein Bars, Protein Supplements, Sports Supplements, Vitamins & Minerals, Weight Gain, Weight Loss & DietConfused about health supplements? Need some free non-bias advice? Health Supplements 101 was created to educate people on healthy supplementation. No matter what you want to get out of supplements, we can help you out.
We’ll be posting information on healthy diet supplementation, using supplements to help build muscle and gain weight, supplements to help with diseases like diabetes and a whole lot more. It’s all about education. Educating you on making the right choices.
Stay tuned for more updates!